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tom20
Hello all.
This is my first post so hey hey.
I will try to explain the whole picture of my problem, you will have to forgive my typing skills some what as well!
We are sub contracted by a contractor who have a large contract with a council, opening around 4 flats a day on a huge council estate to do kitchens and bathrooms, also upgrading the electrics to whatever the condition report comes up saying.
The most popular is a full rewire with new CCU, new meter tails, new bonding etc. some jobs will just be a kitchen rewire with CCU. or any combination of the previous. but most popular is a full rewire.
All rewires are done within a day, some take 2 but no more.
so with that picture in mind, we have been doing between 3-5 a day for the last year and a bit. so there are a couple thousand we have done in this particular estate, and also some previously from a different estate with the same contractor and council.
SO the problem...meter seals have been cut doing the majority of the works, in a typical property you would have the incoming supply into the meter then the tails and the CCU. isolators and fuses are in locked intake rooms of which we have never had access.
the other problem is we are told at the weekend which properties we are opening the next week. after speaking with the current supplier, they have said they need 2 weeks notice to bring someone out to cut the seals, then come the next day to re-seal...that is with the current job, with the previous jobs they said a guy will go round and do as many as he can.....for a rate of £450 a day.
I am aware of the do's and dont's with meter seals, but this was a way of works here before i joined and now it is being noticed that something needs to be done.
I know in the "real world" many just cut the seals and ignore it or poke the broken seal back on. With the supplier being so difficult to work with and so expensive and am wondering if anyone has experience of previous posts and or any suggestions.
I am aware this is an offence but before we have been in a difficult position to keep works going when on such a tight schedule. The actual electrical teams are doing one rewire everyday minimum, week on end for very low rates.
Any comments welcome, thank you for your help / suggestions.
This is my first post so hey hey.
I will try to explain the whole picture of my problem, you will have to forgive my typing skills some what as well!
We are sub contracted by a contractor who have a large contract with a council, opening around 4 flats a day on a huge council estate to do kitchens and bathrooms, also upgrading the electrics to whatever the condition report comes up saying.
The most popular is a full rewire with new CCU, new meter tails, new bonding etc. some jobs will just be a kitchen rewire with CCU. or any combination of the previous. but most popular is a full rewire.
All rewires are done within a day, some take 2 but no more.
so with that picture in mind, we have been doing between 3-5 a day for the last year and a bit. so there are a couple thousand we have done in this particular estate, and also some previously from a different estate with the same contractor and council.
SO the problem...meter seals have been cut doing the majority of the works, in a typical property you would have the incoming supply into the meter then the tails and the CCU. isolators and fuses are in locked intake rooms of which we have never had access.
the other problem is we are told at the weekend which properties we are opening the next week. after speaking with the current supplier, they have said they need 2 weeks notice to bring someone out to cut the seals, then come the next day to re-seal...that is with the current job, with the previous jobs they said a guy will go round and do as many as he can.....for a rate of £450 a day.
I am aware of the do's and dont's with meter seals, but this was a way of works here before i joined and now it is being noticed that something needs to be done.
I know in the "real world" many just cut the seals and ignore it or poke the broken seal back on. With the supplier being so difficult to work with and so expensive and am wondering if anyone has experience of previous posts and or any suggestions.
I am aware this is an offence but before we have been in a difficult position to keep works going when on such a tight schedule. The actual electrical teams are doing one rewire everyday minimum, week on end for very low rates.
Any comments welcome, thank you for your help / suggestions.
